Gas-conducting device for linotype melting-pots.



No. amass. Patented Dec; 31, 1901.

e. H. MESEROLE. I GAS CUNDUGTING DEVICE FOR LlNDTYPE MELTING POTS. v

byplication filed July 16, 1901.)

(No Model.)

WITNESSES Unrrnn Smarts PATnr OFFICE.

GEORGE H. MESEROLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAS-CONDUCTING DEViCE FOR LINOTYPE MELTlNG-POTS.

ESPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,169, dated December 31, 1901. Application filed July 16,1901. Serial no. 88,477. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern-.-

Beit known thatI, GEORGE H. MESEROLE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Gas-Conducting Device for Linotype Melting-Pots, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to dispense with the use of the rubber hose generally employed to supply gas to the burner of themelting-pot in linotype-machines and to substitute metal piping so connected with the melting-pot as not to interfere in the slightest degree with the movement of the pot to and from the mold-wheel.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the meltingpot and the improved gas-supply mechanism applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, drawn upon an enlarged scale.

A represents a melting-pot provided with the usual conduit a and plunger a. This melting-pot is movable to and from a mold- Wheel B, in which the slugs are cast, by pivotally mounting the said melting-pot through a leg 10 upon a shaft 11, mounted in suitable bearings 12 upon the frame of the machine. A casting or casing C is bolted or otherwise attached to one side of the frame or the bearing 12, and, as illustrated in Fig. 2, this casing is closed at the end connected with the frame or bearing and is open at its opposite end. The said casing is provided with a chamber 13, longitudinally produced therein at that portion which is attached to the frame or bearing, and this chamber connects with a smaller bore 14, extending to the outer end of the casing. At this outer end of the easing a packing 15 is located and likewise a gland 16, while a pipe 17 is passed into the said bore 14 and chamber 13, the pipe fitting provided with a suitable valve 23 at a point in its length, and this supply-pipe 22 is connected with a tubular branch 24 of the easing 0, which tubular branch is in communication With the chamber 13.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A gas-conducting device for linotype melting-"pots, comprisiu g a chambered casing attached to a stationary part of the frame, a pipe held to turn in the said casing and entering the said chamber, a governor supported by the melting-pot with which the said pipe is connected, a second pipe leading from the governor to the burner of the melting-pot, and a gas-supply pipe connected with said casing at one side and with the chamber in said casing as described.

2. In linotype-machines, the combination, with a rocking melting-pot, a mold-wheel to and from which the melting-pot has movement, and a governor carried by the said melting-pot, of a casing attached to a stationary partof the frame and provided with a 1ongitudinal chamber, a metal gas-supply pipe leading into said chamber at one side, a metalconducting pipe also leading into the said chamber and mounted to turn in the said casing, the metal-supply pipe having a connection with said governor, and a third metal pipe extending from the governor to the burner of the said melting-pot, for the purpose set forth.

3. A gas-conducting device for linotype melting-pots, comprising a frame for supporting a movable melting-pot, a hollow casing mounted upon said frame and provided with a stuffingbox, a radially-movable pipe connected with said melting-pot, engaging said stuffing-box and entering said hollow casing so as to form a flexible joint therewith, a governor for regulating the flow of gas through said pipe, and means for supplying gas to said hollow casing.

4. A gas-conducting device for linotype melting-pots, comprising a frame for supporting a melting-pot, a hollow casing mounted upon said frame and provided with a stuflingbox, a radially-movable pipe connected with said melting-pot and passing through said stuffing-box into said hollow casing so as to form a flexible joint therewith, and means for supplying gas to said hollow casin g.

5. A gas-conducting device for linotype melting-pots, comprising a frame for supporting a rocking melting-pot, a hollow casing rigidly mounted upon said frame, a radiallymovable pipe connected with said hollow casing by means of a gas-tight flexible joint and also connected with said melting-pot, and means for supplying gas to said hollow casing.

6. A gasconducting device for linotype melting-pots, comprising aframe for supporting a rocking melting-pot, a hollow casing rigidly mounted upon said frame, a radiallymovable pipe connected with said hollow casing by means of a gas-tight flexible joint and also connected with said melting-pot, a governor for regulating the flow of gas through said pipe, and means for supplying gas to said hollow casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE H. MESEROLE. l/Vitnesses:

J. FRED. AOKER, J NO. M. RITTER. 

